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Sternberg, Robert J. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Standardized admissions tests such as the SAT (originally stood for "Scholastic Aptitude Test") and the ACT measure only a narrow segment of the skills needed to become an active citizen and possibly a leader who makes a positive, meaningful, and enduring difference to the world. The problem with these tests is that they promised, under…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Standardized Tests, Academic Aptitude